Cache Valley Vacation

We had a full, uninterrupted week with Chandler last week so we decided to take a little trip. Per my mom's suggestion, we traveled a short one and half hours to our friends, the Pierce's. They live in Providence, which is just outside of Logan. We get to see Bill and Sadie and their family just a few times a year, all of us would like it to be more. We had a great time at Bear Lake. Chandler and Scott both said it was better than the beach! We timed it right so the water was just a little chilly. We also timed it right for Rasberry Days! La Beau's is a great place for burgers and shakes, we even watched the parade. According to Bill and Sadie's oldest, Bryson, we had dinner and a show.Friday we started the day with a tour at "Weeks Berries of Paradise." This was our first stop on Logan's famous food tour. (Ok, I don't know if it's famous but it was on the Cache Valley Visitors website and it sounded fun.) We got to see the rasberry bushes and taste fresh blueberries right off the plant. The fruit was fantastic so we got a little bottle of jam to go. Next we headed to "Cox Honeyland and Gifts." We tasted about 20 different flavors of honey and watched the queen bee work along with the worker bees. That was a yummy stop too. We stopped by "Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread" but missed the 9:30 am tour. Their bread is delicious and picked up a loaf of sourdough for our little picnic. Next we headed to the "Aggie Ice Cream & True Blue Cheese" tour. We got special treatment for the cheese tour and learned some new facts about one of our favorite foods. Chandler handled the camera at that stop. I guess the ice cream is pretty famous at USU so we couldn't resist tasting this as well. I have to say it was pretty fresh!

We ended our Friday with a Big Horse Adventure at the American West Heritage Center. It was fun to ride (for about 15 minutes) in a covered wagon and play horseshoes and try to throw a tomahawk and attempt to lasso. The driver of the wagon was a true country boy who had his own team of horses (Babe & Sam) and mules. He cooked up a great dinner of steak and chicken in dutch ovens and we enjoyed funny music from "Whoa Molly!" It was a fun night.

Saturday we headed back to the American West Heritage Center for the live demonstrations and exhibits. It was really great to learn about life in the 1800's and talk to people who love that era. It's amazing what people could build and create with such limited tools and technology! Aside from feeding baby goats Chandler shot a black powder musket, we threw more tomahawks, and shot arrows with Shoshone Indians. This center really was a fun place to visit, and they sell Indiana Jones' whip. That was the best $2.25 we ever spent. Chandler spent the rest of the vacation cracking his whip!

That afternoon we took a dip at the Logan Aquatic Center. This great community pool has 2 diving boards, 2 mega slides, and 2 huge pools. For our family, this was the perfect vacation: great friends, great food, great swimming. So, if you need to get away but don't have much time or moolah, we recommend Cache Valley. Thanks Pierce's for living in such a fun place!